Occupational asthma in a seafood restaurant worker: Cross-reactivity of shrimp and scallops

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 461-466

  Goetz, David W ^a   Whisman, Bonnie A ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT URTICARIA; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEA FOOD; SHRIMP; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTIONS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HUMANS; MOLLUSCA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEAFOOD;

EID: 0034512014     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62572-0     Document Type: Article

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